Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-11

The Detroit Free Press has the courage to remark that Ian actress may be a Pole by ] birth and yet stick in her profession" When Modj jeska reads this she won't laugh. A subscriber writes to the Atlanta Consti- tuition: "In your paper of February 15, in your editorial on table etiquette, you, with all the others on the subject, condemn the use of the knife in eating. What gave rise to this? Is it founded on good, hard, common sense, or did some crank start it?'
 libel law has been passed in Minnesota providing that no suit for libel shall be brought against newspaper until after three days notice. If within the three days the matter alleged to be libelous is retracted, the retraction must be received in evidence for the defendant and the plaintiff shall recover only such damages as he can prove that he has actually suffered.
 There has been notable revival of specu- lation in Great Britain. Within six weeks from the commencement of the current year the principal new issues of stock have reached the sum of $102, ,075, ,670. Included in these speculations, and backed up by En glish and Scotch capitalists, are large pur- chases of American cattle and farming lands in our southwestern and western States.
 That Italy has some good soldiers was shown at the recent battle of Dagoi in Afri- ca. A little body of 800 men was sent out to relieve a number of their besieged coun trymen. They encountered an overwhelming force of Abyssinians, and rather than go l. hoI forward, they fought where they stood until every man was cut down, the only soldiers escaping being those who were supposed to be dead, and who were ,as such, plundered by the Abyssinians.
 This is queer world. One of the most handsomely decorated and sumptuously fur nished buildings in the city of Philadelphia is that owned by the Knights of Labor and occupied by General Master Workman Pow derly and his assistants as their headquarters. Frescoed ceilings, tapestried walls, plate plass mirrors, bronze cande1abra, Brussels and Administer carpets, Persian rugs, plush covered chairs and lounges and other luxu rious appointments are there. Some of the Knights think this is poor way to spend their money.
 In trying to adjust business to the require ments of the Interstate commerce law rail- road managers have been devising @ new sys- tenn of classification for freight and deter mining the relative charges for shipments in varying quantities. They find it hard work to satisfy everybody. The New York Con- mittee of Merchants is already .criticising the classification of dry goods, and the pro- posed discrimination between shipments by carloads and in smaller quantities. The lat ter especially is declared to be unfavoraDle to small places along the lines of railroads.
 Behold how great a matter little fire kindleth. Two wealthy families of Phila- delphia are now engaged in a big lawsuit growing out of the shooting of pet Maltese cat, belonging to the head of one family, by g younger son of the other The cat was shot through mistake, the boy fancying that he had killed his pet rabbit. His parents offered to purchase another blooded animal, but this the disconsolate owners of the de- funct Maltese declined, and brought suit for damages. Upon trial the jury gave them a verdict for BIO with costs. This does not satisfy the plaintiffs and they have now en- gagged able and costly counsel to bring